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Statelessness and children 10 March 2016 | Scalabrini Centre | Cape Town

A stateless person is someone who ‘is not considered as a national by any State under the operation of its laws.’ Article 1(1) of the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons.

International Law Birth Registration Nationality Statelessness

Births and Deaths Registration Act & Regulations National Law Constitution Citizenship Act Births and Deaths Registration Act & Regulations Immigration Act Refugees Act Children’s Act

CASE STUDY

Ongoing actions LHR statelessness project Statelessness Network South African government’s pledge in 2011 And in November 2012 and November 2015 Campaigns and ongoing actions